Originally Posted by TehStranger?;14505493
dude that is a massive overclock very nice,but it is not even close to the performance of a 580,heck probably wont even be faster than my 480 but for a 470 that is a very impressive overclock,you should be happy with it and look forward to playing bf3 nearly max

If they are both overclocked then I agree with you. Otherwise no. It is closer than what you think.
@ 825 MHz GTX 470 = GTX 570 which is only 15% slower than stock GTX 580.
from 825 to 915 thats 90 MHz overclock or 11% overclock. Hence a stock GTX 580 is only 4% faster which is still don't justify the extra $ 401 over this overclocked 470 .
GTX 480 is not that much faster than GTX 470 if they clocked the same. maybe 10% only . So at those clocks it is on par with your GTX 480 at 870 MHz core.

Originally Posted by HeadlessKnight;14505763
If they are both overclocked then I agree with you. Otherwise no. It is closer than what you think.
@ 825 MHz GTX 470 = GTX 570 which is only 15% slower than stock GTX 580.
from 825 to 915 thats 90 MHz overclock or 11% overclock. Hence a stock GTX 580 is only 4% faster which is still don't justify the extra $ 401 over this overclocked 470 .
GTX 480 is not that much faster than GTX 470 if they clocked the same. maybe 10% only . So at those clocks it is on par with your GTX 480 at 870 MHz core.

off topic,i see you have an i7 870 would u like to join my club? its pretty empty

Originally Posted by TehStranger?;14505493
dude that is a massive overclock very nice,but it is not even close to the performance of a 580,heck probably wont even be faster than my 480 but for a 470 that is a very impressive overclock,you should be happy with it and look forward to playing bf3 nearly max

i think we already confirmed a 915mhz gtx470 oc is faster than a gtx480 and gtx570, and on par with a stock 580.

Originally Posted by BigCactus;14506668
i think we already confirmed a 915mhz gtx470 oc is faster than a gtx480 and gtx570, and on par with a stock 580.

People tend to forget that the GTX 470 and GTX 465 despite their low SKU number are still GF100/GF110 based. The difference between a GTX 470 and GTX 480/GTX 570 is only 1SM and 2 rasterizer engines along with lower clocks.

Originally Posted by TehStranger?;14505493
dude that is a massive overclock very nice,but it is not even close to the performance of a 580,heck probably wont even be faster than my 480 but for a 470 that is a very impressive overclock,you should be happy with it and look forward to playing bf3 nearly max

Back to this again?

Assuming Balla is reporting accurately (and I believe him, myself) it has already been shown that, at least in 3dMark11, two 470's at 900 are equal to two 580's at stock, both scoring right in the range of 12K GPU score.

Assuming Balla is reporting accurately (and I believe him, myself) it has already been shown that, at least in 3dMark11, two 470's at 900 are equal to two 580's at stock, both scoring right in the range of 12K GPU score.

why are you comparing 2 900mhz 470's to 1 480?,ive never used 3dmark but im assuming just because you get a higher score does not mean you will get higher frame rates in games (just an assumption)